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terrigenous (adjective) (not comparable)
1. Regarding something that has been derived from the land: Terrigenous geological deposits were formed in the ocean from substances obtained from the land by erosive action.
2 Concerning something produced by the land: Brown clay is a kind of marine sediment, mainly of terrigenous origin, and is composed largely of four different clay minerals.
2 Concerning something produced by the land: Brown clay is a kind of marine sediment, mainly of terrigenous origin, and is composed largely of four different clay minerals.
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geno-, gen-, genit-, gener-, -gen
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terr-, terra-, -ter
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